Me! Tracker of note!
My mission today was to find the elephant herds. Well the truth is I didn’t find a single one! None! Maybe if I go looking for tigers tomorrow I’ll find elephant.
But then I did get side tracked by paw prints on the southern end of Banyini. The Nduna pride were lying up in the mopanie.
It had been a really misty dawn, and usually when that happens we can be guaranteed of a clear day. And so it was. Not that it helped me in any way.
I did some thorough searching for those elephants but didn’t cover the northern third of the property. So I guess that’s where I’ll start tomorrow.
Actually my day will start looking for the Nduna pride ‘cos as I left them just after dark I heard a herd of buffalo not too far away. No doubt the lions will head that way. Especially as they botched up an impala hunt with me at dusk. But the truth is it really doesn’t look like they need to feed anyway.
On my elephant searching travels, I had this big herd of buffalo come to drink at Bandama pan. How some of those youngsters didn’t get stuck in that heavy black clay I really don’t know.
I just love getting around the reserve and seeing all the different habitats and bumping into animals everywhere. Imagine driving to work and seeing some zebra watching you go by.
Giraffe drinking at a waterhole. Vultures flying overhead. Wildebeest with heads down grazing. And throw in a couple of lion for good measure and a herd of buffalo. (oh of course some elephant would have been good). Golly that would be so cool. Indeed it is and I never cease to remind myself how privileged I am!
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